Wesley, Charles

Born: 1707 AD
Died: 1788 AD

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1707 – Charles Wesley, born on the 18th of December in Epworth, Lincolnshire, England, where their father was bishop. He was a leader of the Methodist movement, the younger brother of John Wesley. He is chiefly remembered for the many hymns he wrote.

1729 – He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church College, Oxford, where his brother had also studied, and formed the "Oxford Methodist" group among his fellow students.

1735 – He followed his father and brother into the church, and travelled with John to Georgia in America in the entourage of the governor, James Oglethorpe, returning a year later.

1749 – He married the much younger Sarah Gwynne, daughter of Marmaduke Gwynne, a wealthy Welsh squire who had been converted to Methodism by Howell Harris.